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Shadow Colour for SketchUp®
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Changelog
Shadow Colour
Shadow Colour 2.3.0
- New Features
- Multi-day export.
- Added MP4 export for animations.
- Timestamps are now added to animation exports (GIF/MP4).
- Shadow Colour Revit: Now supports direct shape shadows.
- UI & UX Improvements
- Shadow Colour SketchUp: Redesigned Licensing Window.
- Shadow Colour Revit: Place one legend per sheet at the bottom.
- Added icons to the Export menu.
- Added CTRL+S as a shortcut to save.
- Shadow study table column width adjusted so it spreads more evenly.
- Bug Fixes
Shadow Colour SketchUp:
- Fixed bug where line width didn’t apply to all elements.
- Fixed issue where corrupted SketchUp models (without
guid
) caused errors when reading model. - Fixed issue where validity ticket was sometimes corrupted in Windows Registry due to a Ruby bug.
- Fixed bug that users without internet couldn’t launch the app, (Temporary Access Ticket).
- Fixed issue where a missing ‘aflp.exe’ file incorrectly showed “License Invalid” instead of a proper message.
Shadow Colour Revit:
- Now shows a message if Excel creation fails.
- Fixed bug that could crash Shadow Colour when opening settings files while Revit’s active view was a sheet.
- Fixed issue where Title Blocks with long names didn’t display correctly.
Shadow Colour (General):
- Fixed bug where any image generation failed after deleting a selected topography.
- Fixed issue where memory was not released when generating images (both shadow study & sun exposure).
Shadow Colour 2.2.0
- New Features
- Now supports site and area calculation in sun exposure.
- Added a legend to export on sheet and in file.
- Added color opacity settings for sun exposure.
- SketchUp 2024 support.
- UI & UX Improvements
- Changed label from “Hour” to “Hour Duration” in sun exposure mode.
- Now prevents area calculation for views that are not top-down orthographic.
- When colors assigned to regions are ‘None’, area calculation is skipped and not exported.
- Added “Hour Duration of Direct Sunlight” label.
- Added “Study Type” label above the shadow study & sun exposure category buttons.
- Added hints to category buttons when hovering with the mouse:
- Sun Exposure: Assess direct sun exposure and generate images for various days.
- Shadow Studies: Evaluate the impact of shadows and produce images for different days.
- Added a “Help” button that shows a message explaining the sun exposure study.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug where an error message (‘View is not top-view orthographic’) was shown after adding a region, even though it was in top-view orthographic mode.
- Shadow Colour Revit: Fixed bug where sun exposure would render selected elements with a blue selection style.
- Fixed issue where users could export sun exposure when colors were not selected.
- Fixed bug where users could press “Preview” in sun analysis mode even if errors existed.
- Fixed bug where SketchUp 2024 could not export an Excel file with site area.
- Fixed bug where area calculation failed when selecting a surface from an already selected element.
- Fixed bug where GIF animation and superpositions would take time when exporting “Ultra” with many frames, but the loading dialog would close prematurely.
- Fixed issue where picking an invalid site/element (e.g., a line instead of a surface, or a non-group/component object) resulted in a confusing experience—users could still click behind the error window.
- Fixed issue where picking the same element twice led to a confusing experience.
- Security & Performance
- Optimized handling of long processes to prevent Shadow Colour from closing the loading dialog too early.
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